Statistics

There were 547,691 acres in community ownership at the end of 2017

As at December 2017 there were 547,691 acres in community ownership, which is 2.8% of the total land area of Scotland. There were 508 land parcels/assets in community ownership owned by 388 community groups.

The revised tables include figures for the total area in community ownership as at December 2017, the area of land which transferred to community ownership during the whole of 2017 and revised figures for earlier years. As well as the number of land parcels/assets in community ownership and the number of community groups that own land parcels/assets.

The revised tables were produced by combining existing Scottish Government records with the results of a Scottish Government survey of community groups believed to own land or other assets which was carried out from November 2017 to February 2018. We would like to take this opportunity to thank those community groups which responded to the survey for their contribution to improving the quality of the information held by the Scottish Government about community owned ownership.